Upcoming Events

Mentoring Workshops

December 10th
1:00pm - 4:00pm

January 14th
1:00pm - 4:00pm

February 4th
1:00pm - 4:00pm

All Mentoring Workshops will be held at
The George Washington
University
The Elliott School
1957 E Street, NW
Washington, DC

April 2006
Hoop Dreams Congressional Reception
Mansfield Room
United States Capitol
Time and Date
TBD

June 17, 2006
11th Annual Hoop Dreams 3-on-3 Charity Basketball Tournament & Community Festival
Pennsylvania Avenue Between 3rd and
6th Street

The Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund 800 K Street NW Suite 1100 South Washington, DC 20001 Tel: (202) 414-4774 Fax: (202) 408-5111 info@hoopdreams.org www.hoopdreams.org Board of Directors Steve Boyd Donella Brockington Dan Cohen Demetri Diavatis Jim Duffey Albert Edmonds Chris Greene Michael Hines Shannon Hughs Donald Jackson Ernie Jarvis Bruce Levenson Jimmy Lynn Michael O'Neill Lamont Rooker Frank Ross David Ruffin Jerry Sachs Devin Schain Dori Silverman Paul Singh Curtis Symonds Jim Tanner Larry Ward T. Clark Weymouth

Harvest of Dreams Celebrated by Hoop Dreams
Wednesday, November 16 a crowd of nearly 400 old and new Hoop Dreams friends gathered for a special fundraising event, Harvest of Dreams presented by PricewaterhouseCoopers at the Essential Grille restaurant in Vienna, Virginia.

The fundraiser benefiting the Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund attracted special guests including: Former Redskin great and sports announcer, Rick DOC Walker, TNT sports analyst and writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer David Aldridge, former Washington Redskin Darryl Pounds, play by play announcer for the Washington Wizards Steve Buckhantz, Mike Wise of the Washington Post, Chris Young of the Texas Rangers and members of the Washington Redskin Dance Team. Prominent members of the regional business community attended as well, including Pat McNamee of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Nick Champeau, Jeff Cherry, Rick Kay, Michael Sternberg, George Newstrom, Bill Sweeney, Pat McGettigan, Winston Lord and former Managing Partner of KPMG and Hoop Dreams Board of Directors Chairman, Frank Ross. There were also 50 Hoop Dreams students on hand including Hoop Dreams college graduates.

"In spite of the rain it is truly great that close to 400 people have come out tonight to support our students and our organization. This is truly is a harvest of dreams for Hoop Dreams. Our year long programs and support services are made possible by the incredible support of so many in this community," said Susie Kay, Founder and President.

This special night was made possible because of the amazing generosity of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Michael Sternberg and Essential Holdings. Other event and media sponsors included SunTrust Bank, DC Chartered Health, Easterns Automotive, Chesapeake Government Relations, LLD Technology and Consulting, Affinity Networks, World I.T. Solutions, Robert and Rose Cohen and Edelman. Media event sponsors were Comcast of the District, DC Magazine - a publication of Modern Luxury, Executive Biz / The Potomac Officers Club, Al Flowers/FLOWinsiders.com and The Washington Times. Click here for additional photos.

The Comcast Foundation to Award Presidents Grant at Hoop Dreams December Mentoring Workshop with Keynote Speaker Kathy Etemad Hollinger of Comcast DC this Saturday December 10th
Please join us this Saturday, December 10th from 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm for our Monthly Mentoring Workshop. Our guest speakers this Saturday will be Tony Hollinger, General Manager and Kathy Etemad Hollinger, Director of Government Relations and Public Affairs for Comcast of the District. Their very special presentation will also include awarding Hoop Dreams a check for $25,000 from the Comcast Foundation, as part of a multi year commitment for a total of $75,000 to support the Hoop Dreams college prep mentoring program. Pieces from this awesome day will be filmed for a segment about Hoop Dreams that will air on the local editions of CNN Headline News.

Hoop Dreams Program Year Kicked Off with Symonds, Wong, Hill and Rowe

Hoop Dreams with The Potomac Officers Club
Hoop Dreams has been named as one of ten local charities to participate in The Potomac Officers Club new Corporate Citizenship program. Initiated by community-minded POC members, which includes many of the most influential CEOs in the area, the program emphasizes the importance of integrating select nonprofit groups into the mainstream area business agenda. POC’s Corporate Citizenship program will promote the designated nonprofits along with corporate sponsors on a monthly basis at POC events. Officially rolling out in January 2006, the program provides local business leaders and area nonprofits the opportunity to connect and establish new relationships. The Potomac Officers Club is a nonprofit membership organization that fosters peer-to-peer collaboration among prominent C-level business executives in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Northern Virginia. For here additional information on the club or to apply.

A Bid for a Brighter Future - Support Hoop Dreams Online!

Participants in American University’s Washington Initiative class have chosen Hoop Dreams as the non profit that they are working for this semester. As a requirement for the class they are to develop and execute a fundraiser for the non profit they have chosen. They chose to conduct an online auction. "A Bid for a Brighter Future." With assistance from ezAuctioning they have collected items on the American University campus and at a mall event held this past weekend. Along with putting on the event, the students also learned more about Hoop Dreams by attending events and volunteering with the program.

There are a couple ways you can help this effort from anywhere in the country!

Click here to visit the link to the items the Washington Initiative class has posted.

If you are in the Washington DC Metro area and have items that you would like to sell on eBay and have the profits go to Hoop Dreams - you can do so at any time by taking your items to one of the two ezAuctioning locations in Arlington and Alexandria. If any items are large - they will even come and pick up items! ezAuctioning then handles all aspects of the eBay auction and sends a check directly to Hoop Dreams. ezAuctioning is keeping an account open for Hoop Dreams!

A special thank you to the Washington Initiative students, their teacher Allison Holcomb, Dean Larry Ward, and the staff at ezAuctioning for making this possible.

Seasons Greetings from Hoop Dreams!
As 2005 comes to a close, we thank those that have made such a positive impact on Hoop Dreams during the past twelve months. Without your help Hoop Dreams would not be able to pursue our mission of empowering DC public high school students and building bridges of understanding between diverse communities. This year we celebrated our 10th annual 3-on-3 Charity Basketball Tournament and Community Festival, awarded our 1,110th academic scholarship, helped send our 750th DC public high school student to college, enrolled 80 new Hoop Dreams scholars in college from the class of 2005 and saw our 125th Hoop Dreams scholar graduate from college. It has been a meaningful year!

We are proud of our accomplishments and hope you can continue to support us in the coming year. Susie Kay, the Board of Directors and the Staff of Hoop Dreams with heartfelt appreciation wish you happy holidays and peace in the New Year!